In mice, lithium depletion accelerated brain pathology and memory decline, Yankner and colleagues showed. Feeding wild-type and Alzheimer's mouse models a lithium-deficient diet reduced endogenous ...

New evidence of effectiveness is cause to drop a Biden restriction on Medicare coverage for anti-amyloid treatments.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston say that, based on a study in mice, lithium could someday help treat ...

Years of investigation by scientists at Harvard has revealed that lithium is deeply involved in Alzheimer’s disease, a ...

A study has identified a key disruption in cholesterol transport to the brain in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The findings suggest that the lipoproteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — So-called mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are using ...

A 2,100-participant clinical trial found that structured and self-guided lifestyle changes can improve cognitive capabilities ...

The 25th Annual Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias will be held at the Hilton Jackson. The event will take place August 20-21, 2025. Click ...

Lithium could help treat cases of Alzheimer’s disease, a Harvard study suggests. People with the neurodegenerative condition have low levels of the metal in their brain which the study revealed, for ...

Clifford Segil, DO, a neurologist at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, agrees. “Lowering a person’s ...

As well as helping to prevent the disease, researchers say their findings could support healthy brain aging in general.